. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. THE ORIGIN OF PLANT LIFE ON THE LAND. 105 height; 1 but their foliage and fructification were not correspond- ingly advanced. Thus the family of the Equisetacese culminated in the Carboniferous, and thenceforth descended gradually in the succeeding ages, leaving the comparatively humble Mares'- tails and Scouring Rushes as its present representatives. The Ferns of the Carboniferous, hke those of the Devonian,. Fig. 97.—Carbo
. The chain of life in geological time [microform] : a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. Paleontology; Paleobotany; Paléontologie; Paléobotanique. THE ORIGIN OF PLANT LIFE ON THE LAND. 105 height; 1 but their foliage and fructification were not correspond- ingly advanced. Thus the family of the Equisetacese culminated in the Carboniferous, and thenceforth descended gradually in the succeeding ages, leaving the comparatively humble Mares'- tails and Scouring Rushes as its present representatives. The Ferns of the Carboniferous, hke those of the Devonian,. Fig. 97.—Carboniferous Ferns. A, Odontopteris subcuncata (Bunbury). b, Neuro/>teris cordata (Brongniart). C, Alethopterii ionchitica (Brongniart), presented both gigantic forms like those of the tree-ferns of the modern tropics, and delicate herbaceous pecies, and these in g'-eat profusion. On the whole, they do not strike the observer as very dissimilar from those of modern times. A more critical examination, however, shows that the bulk of the tree-ferns of the Devonian and Carboniferous are allied not to 1 Calamodendron and Aithropitys are forms of this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. London : Religious Tract Society
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